Seed planter attachment



y 29, 1952 1.. H. SARLLS 2,605,020

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Patented July 29, 1952 [satin PLANTER ATTACHMENT 7 Lawrence H. 'Sarlls, Victoria, Tex. I

,- Application April 18, 1947, Serial No. 742,400

f This invention relates toanattachmentforuse with conventional seed planters, particularly; ecttonand corn planters, and'for adapting such planters foryuse in planting small seedsgsuch as turnipa onions, clover and grass seeds. 3

The conventional type cotton and corn planter is incapable of efiicient use for planting small seeds due to the fact that such seeds will p uss around the plate and into and throughtheinoving parts of the planter causing a considerable waste of the seeds and since such seedis ordinarily quite expensive, thiswaste assumes such proportions that it is impossibletouse, conventional planters for this purpose. 7 v 4 p I 'Accordinglyit is a primaryobject of the present invention to provide an attachment oi'extremely simple construction capable of being Claims. (01. 222 129) [0 which rises therefrom "andfwhich has a extending longitudinallyjtherethrouglifori'eceiv ing the bolt of a nut and bolt jfasteniiig'll 1.] An

annular planter plate [2 is su ortedpnthe fixed plate 8 and rotatably disposed'wfithin the" frame orflbase l and is providedwith a central flanged opening which rotat'ably fits aboutfthe 'stem'or collar iii. The planter plate [2" is provided with circumferentially spaced seedreceiving-apertures I3 and thefiiedplanter plate 8' is'provid dwith arecessed portion is with h each of' 's'a'id apertures 13 register during brtio'n for i each revolutionthereoffall in a co entional manner.

The rotatable planteri,plate 1] 2115'; provided with quickly andreasily applied .to-or removed from i a conventionalcorn or. cotton planter and which is contained'gwithinthe hopper thereof and by means of cwhich'jthe smallseeds can. be .fed -accurately to the ho1eo13holesofthe planter plate of the-planter Jand1,.dischargedtherefrom. in a conventional manner to the seed spout without losspor wasteof the seed and without danger of any of the seeds passing around the planter plate and into the gear'sand other planter mechanism.

vVarious other ob'jects and advantages of :the invention will hereinafter become morefully apparent from the. following" description of the drawing, illustrating as preferredv embodiment thereof, and wherein: a

Figure 1. is at side: elevational view, partly 'broken'away and ;partly in vertical section illus- 'trating the planter attachment in a preferred form'thereofi Figure 2 is. a'topplan'view of the planter attachin'e'nt; 1;

Figure 3 is "a side'elev'ational view-thereof, on a reduced scale-'and'ishowing the attachment in an applied position ona cotton or corn planter, partially illustrated in vertical section, and

Figure 4 is a horizental sectional View taken substantially along a plane as" indicated. by the lined-4 of Figure 3. i

Referring more specificallytothe drawing, for the purpose of illustrating a preferred adaptation and use of the seed planter attachment, designated generally 5 and comprising the invention, a; portion of the conventional corn orcotton planter is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 and designated generally '6, and includes a frame or". base "I. containing a fixed planter plate 81 which is disposed substantially concentric .therewithin and supported relatively thereto by a plurality of downwardly oiis'et connecting brackets or arms 9 one of which is shown'in' Figure 3. The} fixed plate 8 is provided with a central column or stem ardepend ing annular gear, l 5 adjacent ,the' pe riphery thereof the teeth of which meshes-with a gear or pinion .16 on a driven shaft vI! of {the planterli and by means pi which-said rotatable planter plate 1 list-driven; relativelytdthe fixed plate 8. v The parts-atoll,-inclusive, f or1n no P rt of the r t invent n .191 m e c nstitute conventi onal,parts of a corner cotton planter and have been sho and described merely, to, better illustrate the application and function of the seed planter attachment 5,-; con,- stituting the inventions 2 The seed planter 5 includes an elengated hopper I8 having a relatively large; open upper end and a restricted lower..-endwhich is -closed by a be or pip i9. ha n lower e on: wh te s. t ere ushzand, Wb chis e d t er to,- inany'suitable manner asby soldering or by welding; The hopper 18 has a substantially straight or vertical portion 20 in whichth'e pipe I9 is disposed, internally ofsaid hopper il 8 and to which saidpipeis secured.; in['any desired manne r; F Ihe'upper,portion ofthe tube 'or pipe l9' may i'ie'rijninate,at or adjacent the enlarged open upper, end of the hopper .I a and said tube 1'9 isproyided with ahjmntqpening'i 211101; .the side thereo'f awa'y froin the hopperjwall i20 and which opens into the hopper l l 8 ,ad nt 1 the lower end thereof and throughlfwhich, seedfl n'ot shown, from the hopper I8 is wadapted,to I be ,diSGha'rged into the lower pp tionertnetube or piDQ-IQLIQ 4 1 f f of I 3A bracket arm; 22 is s'lfitably jsecii-red latien end thereof to thetub 'or'pipe- |9"benea;thand adjacent the lower end of,'thejhopper 181a provided with a' downwardly Offset outwardly extending free'jend'23 whichfis disposed. sub.- stantially at" ajrig'ht angle to the axis 'of the tube 19 and 'whichisprovided ,with"an'openin'g 24 to receive the shank "end. of the 'bolt offthe Y ling I l above. saidjen'd 23, all as clearly illustifated 3 in Figure 3, for demountably supporting the attachment 5 on the planter 6 and within the hopper 25 thereof.

A tube or pipe 26 has an upper end which telescopes into the lower end of the tube 19 and is provided withan externally enlarged lower end 21 forming an upwardly facing annular shoulder. engaged by the lower end of an expansion coil spring 28 which is mounted on the tube 26 and the upper end of which bears against the lower end of the tube 19 for yieldably urging said tube 26 outwardly of the tube 19. The bore 29 of the tube 26 is considerably smaller than the bore of the tube I9 and forms a passage for the seeds, as will hereinafter be described. When the planter attachment 5 is applied as shown in Figure 3 and as previously described, the spring 2B' 'wi11 yieldably retain the lower end of the tube '26 flush engagement with a portion of the rotatableplanter plate l2 and the bore 29 thereof will be disposed and positioned by the bracket 22to register with the seed openings 13 as the plate I2 is revolved. I lhe attachment 5 is supported at such an elevation that the spring 28 will retain the upper end of the tube 26 below the opening 2'1- of the tube l-Q so that the seeds contained inthe hopper I8 will flow therefrom through the opening 2i into tube i9 and by gravity into the bore 29' and from said bore into the seed openings l3 as said openings move-into and out of registry with the lower-end of the bore. The tube 2-6'isso disposed relatively to theplate 8- that after the openings 13 have moved out of registry withthe bore 29 and have been filled with seed therefrom, that they willthereafter move intoregistry withthe cut-out portion I l of the-fixed plate 8 so that the seed can be discharged from the openings I 3 and conveyed in a: conventional manner, not shown, to the seed spouts-of the planter 6-. The spring 28 will retain the lower end of the-tube 26 in flush engagement-with'the upper side of the rotatable planter plate I2 to prevent escape of the seeds therebetweento avoid wastage of the seeds and to assure; that all seed dispensed from the bore- 2 9 will becontained in'the seed openings' I 3 Various modifications and changes are cont'emplatedand may obviouslybe' resorted to, withoutfldeparting" from the spirit or scope ofthe invention, as hereinafter defined by the appended claims. p e g e I claim as my invention: 1. In an attachment for planting small seeds for-use with. conventional cotton and corn plant ers; said attachment comprising a hopper, a tube i secured therein and extending through and closing the open loweren'd of said hopper and provided with a lateral opening adjacent its lower end communicatingwith the interior of the hopper for receiving. seeds therefrom; a'tubular extension' having an upper end telescopically-engaging in said tube below thelateral openingand a lower, end depending therefrom, saidtub'ular extension being provided with a restricted bore forming the outlet end of the discharge passage for the seed from the'hopper, a bracket arm secured to a part of theiatt'achment disposed above the tubular extension and adapted to be detacha'bly secured to a fixed part-of a corn or cotton planter and supporting the attachment therein and positioning said attachment with the lower end of the telescopic extension of said tube engagement on a rotatable planter plate of saidipl'anter and with the bore of said telescopic extension disposed to register with the seed planting openings of the rotatable planter plate and into which the seed is conveyed by gravity.

2. A planter attachment as in claim 1, and spring means yieldably urging the telescopic extension downwardly relatively to'thetube for retaining the lower end of said extension 'in flush engagement with the upper side of the rotatable planter plate and the upper end thereof below the lateral opening of the tube.

3. In combination with a conventional corn or cotton planter including a rotatable planter plate having circumferentially spaced seed receiving openings, a seed conduit formed of telescopic sections, a bracket secured to the upper section and adapted to be detachably secured to a fixedly disposed part of the planter for supporting the seed planting attachment therein and for positioning the conduit whereby the lower end of the other, lower section thereof will rest on the rotatable planter plate and with the bore thereof disposed to register with the seed receiving openings as the planter plate revolves therebeneath, and means for supplying small seeds to said condut to be conveyed by gravity to the lower end thereof to-be discharged into said seed openings.

4. An attachment as in claim 3, said means comprising a hopper secured to the upper, fixed section of said conduit and in which a portion 'of said upper section is disposed, and said portion being provided with an opening communicating with the hopper adjacent its lower end for receiving seeds therefrom. V

5. An attachment as in claim 3, said lower conduit section having an enlargement adjacent its lower end, and an expansion coil spring. carried by said lower section and bearing. against said enlargement and against the adjacent end of the other conduit section for yieldably retaining the lower end of said lower section in flush engagement with the rotatable. planter plate.

6. An attachment as in claim 3, said means comprising: a hoppersecured to the upper, fixed sectionof said conduit and in which a portion of said upper section is disposed, and said portion being provided with an opening communicating with the hopper adjacent its lower end for receiving seeds therefrom, said lower conduit section having an enlargement adjacent its lower end, and an expansion coil spring carried by said lower section and bearing against said enlarge,- mentand against the adjacent end of the other conduit section for yieldably retaining the lower end of said lower section in flush engagement with the rotatable planter plate. 7

LAWRENCE H. SARLLS.

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